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        KERAGLASS INDUSTRIES Srl

        Via Sassogattone 13/A - 42031 Baiso, Reggio Emilia - Italy
        Tel.: +39 0522 993027 / Fax: +39 0522 993030
        % MAIL  INFO KERAGLASS COM  s  www.keraglass.com


                  CO M P A N Y  D A T A                              C O M P A NY P R O FILE

                                                               An overall view that makes the difference. What characterises
                             Contacts
                                                               Keraglass  and has enabled the company to succeed as a
                  Stefano Spezzani - Board of Directors        world leader in the sector is its ‘all-round’ approach to the glass
                                                               industry - with innovative, functional and targeted solutions. De-
                   Maicol Spezzani - Board of Directors        veloped from a concrete and direct analysis of the problems that
                      Paolo Righi - Area Manager               can arise in glass processing. Particularly in flat and bent tempe-
                                                               red glass, screen printing, roller-coating and laminating.
                       Mother Company                          Founded in the early 1990s by Stefano Spezzani, in the space of
                                                               a few years Keraglass became a point of reference in the sector
                    Keraglass Industries (Emmegi Group)
                                                               of plant engineering for glass processing. Keraglass remains a
             Annual Turnover of the Company                    driver of innovation in the sector, thanks also to the synergies de-
                                                               veloped with the key players on the market. An example can be
                         EUR 20,0000,000.00                    found in the creation of the Kfo Double Star, a new glass tempe-
                                                               ring furnace with a pre-heating convective chamber, successfully
                               Sales                           tested by the experimental glass station and designed to respond

                  Domestic (20%) / International (80%)         to the requirements of UNI marking in an increasingly specific
                                                               and efficient manner and to temper the latest generation of low-E
                               Area                            glass with the maximum quality.
                                                               In 2004, Keraglass entered the world of shaping and tempering
                                2
                  Offices 1.400 m  / Plants 4.000 m 2           of curved glass, installing the first ‘KBFO’, forming close and pro-
                                                               fitable collaboration with Techint SpA and acquiring the exclusive
                    Number of Employees
                                                               licence for the use of this patented technology.
                                 50                            In 2010, the company patented the ‘RCK machine’ roller clea-
                                                               ning device, an automatic machine that allows the complete cle-
                         Founding Year                         aning of the rollers, directly inside the furnace, without having
                                                               to remove them.
                                1996
                                                               In the wake of these great technological and commercial successes,
               Registered Patents in 2014/15                   Keraglass inaugurated the new head offices, first in 2004 and then
                                                               in 2009, in the Baiso industrial estate, in the hills near Reggio Emi-
             RCK machine (Italian patent no. IT 0001398077     lia. Two large modern and multifunctional structures that reflect the
                   European patent no. EU 2531456              company’s dynamic spirit in their architectural concept.
                                                               With a view to continuous growth and extension of offers and
                 American patent no. US 8,806,701 B2
                                                               company expertise, in 2014 Keraglass signed a technological
                Chinese patent no. ZL201180006600.3)           partnership agreement with the Emmegi Group, world leader in
                                                               the production of machining systems for aluminium profiles, light
                   Registered Trademarks
                                                               alloys, PVC and iron.
                              Keraglass                        Glass therefore adds to aluminium, light alloys, iron, wood and
                                                               PVC in a complete production range and a commercial network
                Parent and Sister Companies                    operating on five continents.
                                                               In 2015, Keraglass expands its product range, enhancing its ran-
        Keraglass South America Do Brasil Ltda
                                                               ge of oscillating tempering furnaces by including the Vision line,
        Rua Arturo Fogoso Nieves, 141                          and launching the iPlotter and i5 single pass machines to gain a
        12655 Guarulhos SP - Brazil                            foothold on the digital glass printing market.
                                                               After one year spent consolidating the new structure, the Emmegi
        Tel.: +55 11 954407000                                 Group decided to strengthen its partnership with Keraglass by mo-
        E-mail: southamerica@keraglass.com                     ving into position as the majority shareholder.



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